Daniel McNeely

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Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Now, we have $15,000 and some supports here. Will the Minister provide some dates for a stakeholder's meeting?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Adding to my Member's statement earlier on the preservation of the Deline culture and heritage by establishing a library similar to ours, but probably a little bit smaller, my first question to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment is: are there appropriate funding support and programs for this initiative? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Is it expected on the operational side for 2017-18, assuming everything goes right, to have a clean bill of health, I would say, for an unclaim, unleave on this program transferred to our books within the fiscal year? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is on 132, program detail on the bottom there, other program costs, $6,000,077. I just want a little explanation on what is defined as "other"? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I, too, look forward to going through this department to review the resources that are going to be going towards conclusion of the claims in the other parts of our territory and discussing resources and authorities needed to groom the Deline Got'ine Government. One thing is to sign and conclude the agreement. That is only the beginning. The real starts on the implementation of setting up this government similar to ours, here, and to ensure that there are adequate resources to support the implementation of the concluded agreement. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

I am very glad for that response here. It is leading toward the establishment of this centre and, aside from the curricular libraries we have in the schools, this will be somewhat uniquely different for the fact that we're supporting a government library that is going to archive the many histories and locations around the Deline Great Bear Lake area, as well as the wealth and knowledge that the elders have, and that has to be captured before, unfortunately hopefully not, the passing on of the individuals who possess that wealth and knowledge. Is the Minister willing to provide these resources...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 62)

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. The Deline Got'ine Government has started after many years of negotiations. Preservation of their culture and heritage is high on their mandate.

Mr. Speaker, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission came out with a number of recommendations, one of them being preservation of traditional knowledge.

Mr. Speaker, recognizing the resource staff in this building and coming to know the wealth of knowledge and supports given by the staff members, in particular the library and resource centre we have here, this archived wealth of knowledge is exactly what the Deline Got'ine Government...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 61)

Once policies are being worked on and they are currently working on the strategy, as well, my next question is: will there be some form of notice given out to the customers in those respective communities in the offgrid system?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 61)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Guess what, my question is on climate change and directed to the Minister responsible for the Northwest Territories Power Corporation. What preparatory notice has the Power Corporation staff done to notify the customers that are on the potential carbon tax on the 26community offgrid system? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 61)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is on page 63, conservation planning. As I mentioned in my opening comments here, and the Minister has answered earlier or Dr. Kelly has answered earlier on the cuts taken to continue on with conservation planning, and I just want to mention, is there sufficient resources there after Thaidene Nene is done to move on to the next task at hand, and if it may be the Rampart Wetlands, I just want to hear that you have enough confidence or enough resources here to proceed to that conclusion request for preservation? Thank you, Mr. Chair.